The only way I've found to find the appropriate CPAN module in many cases is to browse CPAN before you need a module and have passing familiarity with much of what is there. But http://search.cpan.org/ can be very helpful.

vroom, has the CPAN nodelet been fixed so that it no longer locks up all access to PerlMonks when whatever it feeds from goes south? I enjoyed having it on but disabled it once I realized that PerlMonks appearing locked up during several mornings was due to it.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")